• Home sales went up in July, offering momentum to a struggling market

    Home sales went up in July, offering momentum to a struggling market

    Aug 21, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... soon. So that could create more inventory. And then another reason to be optimistic is that many states have made it easier to build more housing. So the next time we do see an increase in demand for housing, hopefully, it will also come with an increase in supply as ...

  • Utility assistance frozen after Trump administration fires program's staff

    Utility assistance frozen after Trump administration fires program's staff

    Apr 24, 2025 10:20 PM EDT

    ... helping people to pay their utility bills.So what would you say to that? Logan Atkinson Burke: I would say that utility costs are fundamentally housing costs. And if we aren't making sure that people have the very basic needs to keep their lights on, it means that they ...

  • How Michigan's EV industry is responding to Trump's policy changes

    How Michigan's EV industry is responding to Trump's policy changes

    Jan 24, 2025 09:57 PM EDT

    ... the U.S. in 2024, the pace of the sales growth slowed from the year before, according to Motorintelligence.com. While EVs are getting more affordable, they still cost more up front than a car that runs on gasoline. At the nonprofit Eastern Michigan Electric Automobile Association, president Bruce Westlake ...

  • 2024 U.S. home sales fell to the lowest level in nearly 30 years as prices and mortgages soared

    2024 U.S. home sales fell to the lowest level in nearly 30 years as prices and mortgages soared

    Jan 24, 2025 03:42 PM EDT

    ... median national home price for all of last year rose 4.7% to an all-time high $407,500, the NAR said. The U.S. housing market has been in a sales slump dating back to 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. The average rate ...

  • Mayotte imposes overnight curfew as France tries to rush aid to cyclone-ravaged island territory

    Mayotte imposes overnight curfew as France tries to rush aid to cyclone-ravaged island territory

    Dec 17, 2024 07:30 PM EDT

    ... was on the ground in Mayotte. He explained that his focus has been on forming a new government. Bayrou also announced a call for innovative housing projects, seeking designs for “easy-to-assemble” and “affordable” structures to aid in reconstruction. “French companies and architecture schools will undoubtedly contribute to reshaping ...

  • As Gen Z overtakes boomers in the workforce, a look at the changing perspectives on jobs

    As Gen Z overtakes boomers in the workforce, a look at the changing perspectives on jobs

    Oct 02, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    ... housing definitely impacts pretty much everybody, not just Gen Z. But I think for a lot of Gen Z'ers, rent is definitely not as affordable as it used to be. Real wages have increased, so wages adjusted for inflation, but rent has increased much more. And that's sort ...

  • 9 takeaways from the Vance-Walz VP debate

    9 takeaways from the Vance-Walz VP debate

    Oct 02, 2024 05:05 AM EDT

    Walz dug into the drafting of the Affordable Care Act when he was in the House in 2009, and pushed Vance on the senator’s claim that Trump, who tried to eliminate the law, actually helped preserve it. Vance, defending his claim that illegal immigration pushes up housing prices, cited ...

  • College students finally apply for financial aid after long summer of technical glitches

    College students finally apply for financial aid after long summer of technical glitches

    Aug 29, 2024 06:03 PM EDT

    ... more about financial aid, said Jesse Hendrix, executive director of College Possible Texas. Many were stuck with expensive, off-campus options or could not secure housing at all. Some students admitted to four-year colleges are choosing more affordable two-year colleges closer to home, counselors say. Chandra Scott, executive ...

  • WATCH: Harris debuts economic proposals to lower costs for Americans

    WATCH: Harris debuts economic proposals to lower costs for Americans

    Aug 16, 2024 01:45 PM EDT

    ... they were three years ago. A Labor Department report this week showed that nearly all of July’s inflation reflected higher rental prices and other housing costs, a trend that, according to real-time data, is easing. As a result, housing costs should rise more slowly in the coming months ...

  • WATCH: Walz tells union members in Los Angeles that Trump and Vance have 'waged war on working people'

    WATCH: Walz tells union members in Los Angeles that Trump and Vance have 'waged war on working people'

    Aug 13, 2024 04:41 PM EDT

    ... Walz avoided any mention of the state’s long-running problems, which include a homeless crisis, some of the nation’s steepest taxes and lofty housing prices that have been blamed for sending residents to other states looking for more affordable living. In a statement, California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica ...